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Majority of Canadians oppose government support for AI data centres, poll shows (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

given that we’re not installing new generating capacity quickly at all

You cannot install new generating capacity quickly. New SMR reactors will be online by 2030. Even gas plants can take a decade. The real waste of datacentres is that by the time they are built, the fake industry behind them will be gone.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    100%

    One could do solar and wind quicker but we can't, because we don't have any semblance of planning in our economy. So if they build the DCs now it'll happen on market principles, which means competition for exisring electricity supply with poorer customers - all of us, as well as portable gas turbines where the grid has no capacity or the price is too high.

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